Kupluk grasped his long, braided white beard in consternation. His brow wrinkled slightly with a faintly detectable emotion. Was it... fear? No. Merely concern. He drew in a small breath, set his brow, and smiled a bit.
"His majesty the King shall see you now, Baron Kupluk." announced the Sergeant-at-Arms, not looking to the Baron, but standing perfectly erect, at a painfully intentional attention, his voice a cold informative monotone.
"Yes, of course. Thank you, soldier." the Baron's dry, drawling voice replied. He gathered his nobledwarfs robes up in one hand, and walked himself into the court on a cane that looked rather like a scepter to rival the King's. As he neared the throne, he bowed only slightly, as though his old bones would not allow him to bend further.
"Your excellency, my liege. Great King of the Dwarves. I most humbly thank you for seeing me. I shall not waste your invaluable time any more than I must, but I bring news."
"What news do you bring, Sir Kupluk?" The King asked, his eyebrows arching.
"It seems your magnificent and ingenious plan is working, with regards to the
undesirables. The
democrats." The Baron said, as though the emphasized words gave him pain to speak. "Three of their number have returned here. The halfwit farmer you already know about and two others that arrived just this morning. They were brought to my manor this morning by my bodyguards. One spat angrily that I was a
lowly kingsman, whatever that means, and he broke free and ran off. The other, however, has been most cooperative. He has begged to be taken back, and cried that he was a fool to ever doubt his King's infinite wisdom - infinite indeed, this last year has been wonderful without them - and he has said that the fortress is nothing more than a bunch of bitterly bickering Dwarves. Strife runs rampant through their number, my King, and they shall surely soon give up their mad fever dreams of this 'democracy.'"
"Ah, this is splendid news indeed; though I hoped that before the year was out they'd all have killed themselves in such fights. Tis only a matter of time, though, it seems."
"Indeed so, Great King. What shall I do with the repentant democrat in my custody, my liege? Shall I kill him, lord?"
"No, no. Shouldn't be necessary, Sir Kupluk. That is, after all, the genius of the plan. He has seen the error of his ways and I grant him pardon."
"So generous of you, Great King. Surely you are the most magnificent we have ever had to reign his kindness down upon us, your subjects. I shall inform him of your most merciful benevolence at once! Thank you for seeing me."
As he was excused, the Baron swept up with much more strength and agility than he had bothered to muster when bowing to the King, and left the court with a smile. Clear of listening ears, he approached his retinue.
"Captain. Kill the captive on the King's order for treason; but do it quietly. The king doesn't wish for this punishment to get out. Do it yourself, and tell no one."
"Yes, Baron."
The updated list of votes for this meeting, in the interim of Goron's tearful retreat from the thread. Voting ends in a little more than 12 hours, at 3:50 PM EST, but feel free to select another chairdwarf. I believe Lav has been nominated as the next Chairdwarf. I shall at this and other special motions to this reformatted and in some cases dramatically reworded motions. I would like to remind everyone that I am not acting in an official capacity; this writing has NO authority as I have not been elected to this post, this is merely to lay the groundwork for whomever we choose as the next Chairdwarf, as I am perceived to be to blame for the situation we now find ourselves in.
I'm hereby nominating Yaddy to serve as our next director on a sort of probation to make sure he can do the job properly in a timely, competent fashion if he accepts and is elected. The probation isn't so much a legally recognized status as an understanding that I will initiate a very speedy motion of no confidence if he doesn't provide timely updates if he is elected.
I'm also nominating myself to serve out the remainder of this session as chairdwarf.
Exploratory mining should be done on the entire map (at least one drill per region, preferably more).For: Lav, Emmanovi, Org, Grail
Against: Yaddy
Passes.Levy a mandatory training tax of one season for every Dwarf.For: Lav, Emmanovi, Org, Grail
Against: Yaddy
Passes.NPC Dwarves are not used for determining majorities during voting.For: Lav, Emmanovi, Org, Grail
Against: Yaddy
Passes.No forced military service.For: Lav, Emmanovi, Org, Grail, Yaddy
Passes.NO WRESTLERSFor:
Against: Lav, Org, Grail
Abstain: Yaddy
Fails.No wrestlers by profession.For: Emmanovi, Lav, Org
Against:Yaddy, Grail
Passes.Establish a garrison of activated but standing down Dwarves at the barracks guarding the entrance in the tower.For: Grail
Against: Lav, Org, Yaddy
Fails.Designate a bookkeeper.For: Emmanovi, Yaddy, Grail
Against:
Abstain: Org
Passes.No mandatory training. Citizens must opt in for training.For: Yaddy
Against: Emmanovi, Lav, Org, Grail
Fails.Institute an emergency draft option for crowd control purposes.For: Emmanovi, Lav, Yaddy
Against: Grail
Passes.Sheriff/Captain of the Guard is an elected position.For: Emmanovi, Lav, Yaddy, Grail
Against: Org
Passes.Sheriff/Captain of the Guard position is held until replaced by a standard motion and vote.For: Emmanovi, Lav,
Against: Org, Grail
Stalemate.Sheriff/Captain of the Guard position is held for a term of five years.For: Grail
Against: Emmanovi, Lav, Org
Fails.The Sheiff/Captain of the Guard should have some degree of control over military matters and justice (discussion needed).For: Emmanovi, Lav, Yaddy, Grail
Against:
Passes.Construct a War Room.For: Yaddy
Against: Org, Grail
Abstain: Emmanovi, Lav
Fails.Build a Session Hall. Large enough for the entire population, with podiums for the chair and director.For:
Against: Org, Yaddy, Grail
Abstain: Emmanovi, Lav
Fails.Craft instruments to be used in the session hall during the pomp and fanfare of the start and end of sessions.For:
Against: Emmanovi, Grail
Abstain: Lav, Yaddy
Fails.Commission statues of each new chair and director.For: Grail
Against: Emmanovi. Lav, Org, Yaddy
Fails.Build a Chair's Hall and Director's Hall to be lined with statues of Chairdwarves and Directors.For:
Against: Emmanovi, Lav, Org, Yaddy, Grail
Fails.Complete the perimeter by digging the moat through rock in the north-east and south-west sections.For: Emmanovi, Lav, Org, Grail
Against:
Abstain: Yaddy
Passes.Current and future Dwarves are always tasked with animal care.For: Emmanovi
Against: Grail*, Org
Fails.Increase fortress wealth. (Creating trade goods, furnishing the fortress, decorating items.)For: Emmanovi
Against: Grail
Stalemate.Set up barracks and archery range (in tower).For: Emmanovi, Grail, Org
Against:
Passes.At first sign of a skulking kobold or evil goblin, station an able marksdwarf at the above ground entrance until a reasonable amount of time passes, to assure that there are no others about.For: Emmanovi, Grail, Org
Against:
Passes.Designate four statue room as a meeting hall.For: Emmanovi, Grail, Org
Against:
Passes.Construct an outdoor refuse pile.For: Lav
Against: Emmanovi, Grail, Org
Fails.Expand the current refuse pile.For: Emmanovi
Against: Grail
Abstain: Org
Stalemate.Director works a one-year term instead of one-season term.For: Lav, Emmanovi, Grail, Org
Against:
Passes.Build ballistae towers flanking the fortress perimeter. Four total. For: Lav
Against: Grail, Emmanovi, Org
Fails.Executive Judicial positions in place to check elected executive and legislative power.For: Grail
Against:
Abstain: Emmanovi, Org
Not Seconded.Draft a charter.For: Grail, Emmanovi
Against:
Abstain: Org
Passes.Draft a Bill of RightsFor: Grail, Emmanovi
Against:
Abstain: Org
Passes.Lav for Chairman. (Special Motion.)
Nomination: Emmanovi
Acceptance: No
For: Emmanovid, Grail, Org
Against:
Yaddy for Director. (Special Motion.)
Nomination: Grail
Acceptance: No
For: Grail, Emmanovi, Lav
Against:
Abstain: Org
Grail for the remainder of Goron's term as Chairdwarf. (Special Motion.)
Nominated: (Grail)
Accepted: (Yes)
For: (Grail), Emmanovi, Lav
Against:
Abstain: Org
Ratify the Charter - Must be unanimous. (Special Motion.)
For: Grail, Org, Yaddy, Emmanovi